RICHMOND — Until this week, a popular North Richmond rapper had been out on bail with a pending gun case in San Joaquin County and two pending police chase cases in Contra Costa, authorities say. Then he allegedly did it again. Now, 31-year-old Claudie Easley IV, aka Bla$ta, is back in custody, this time without … Read more
RICHMOND — A Bay Area man was sentenced to 15 years in state prison for killing a man who’d allegedly attempted to break into the defendant’s vehicle, court records show. Roman Seabock, 22, pleaded no contest to a vehicular manslaughter charge as part of a plea deal. In return, Contra Costa prosecutors dropped a murder … Read more
RICHMOND — A Bay Area man has been charged with setting up a hidden camera to catch female patients in various stages of undress when he worked at Kaiser Permanente in Richmond as a physical therapist, court records show. Elliot Daniel Wong was charged on Dec. 18 with four felony counts of eavesdropping and four … Read more
MARTINEZ — A Richmond man and woman were sentenced Friday to 25 years to life for killing their 5-week-old son through neglect, exposure to drugs and beatings. Ray Ray Darn 37, and Marilyn Northington, 30, received the identical sentences at a Friday morning court appearance before Judge Terri Mockler. In October, Darn and Northington were … Read more